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Maryland Aggies football
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The modern Maryland Terrapins football program representing the University of Maryland traces its lineage to the team first formed at what was then the Maryland Agricultural College in 1892. In the initial years, due to the state of intercollegiate athletics and interstate travel, all games were played against local colleges, high schools. In 1902, Maryland hired its first professional coach, John Markey, and soon after drafted a football philosophy, during his tenure as head coach from 1911 to 1934, Harry C. Curley Byrd significantly increased Marylands strength of schedule, and recorded victories over then-powerhouses Penn, Byrd also greatly increased school support and interest in the sport, and was responsible for the building of the schools first stadium in 1923. Byrd became the university president in 1935, and continued his support for Maryland football from that office. As a coach, he was succeeded by prominent individuals, namely Clark Shaughnessy, who had perfected the T-formation, and Paul Bear Bryant. After just one season at Maryland, a conflict with Byrd resulted in Bryants departure, informally, football and baseball games had been played at the Maryland Agricultural College as early as the time of the Civil War. In 1890, a school team composed mostly of Maryland Agricultural students saw action against local high schools Laurel. It was not officially sanctioned by the college, but was allowed to use the schools name, in 1891, the same team played three games against Gallaudet, Hyattsville, and Sandy Spring. The victory over Sandy Spring prompted the MAC faculty to officially recognize the team, in 1892, the first official Maryland Agricultural football team, known as the Aggies or Farmers, was formed by quarterback William Skinner, who also served concurrently as the head coach. They went scoreless in that season with losses to St. Johns College, Johns Hopkins. Episcopals school newspaper, the Monthly Chronicle, stated that the play showed an unaccreditable ignorance of football, the following season, in 1893, showed significant improvement. Maryland won all six of its games, including ones against Baltimore City College, St. Johns, the St. Johns match was controversial, however. At the end of the season, Maryland Agricultural was awarded both the District of Columbia and the collegiate championships. The awarding of the Maryland state championship, however, was protested by St. Johns, in 1894, former coach and quarterback William Skinner helped lead the formation of the Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association in order to improve the process of naming the state champions. Other teams involved included Baltimore City College, Gallaudet, Johns Hopkins, Washington College, the game against St. Johns once again aroused controversy, and the MAC accused their opponent of hiring ringers from Lehigh. When Johns Hopkins canceled their game, Maryland arranged to play Georgetown instead, the Maryland team called the game with a 6–4 lead as darkness fell. However, the referee, Georgetown halfback Mike Mahoney, ruled it a forfeiture, today, Maryland and Georgetown both count the game as a Maryland Agricultural win in their records

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Southern Conference
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The Southern Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision, member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The Southern Conference ranks as the fifth-oldest major college conference in the United States. Among conferences currently in operation, the Big Ten and Missouri Valley are indisputably older, the Pac-12 Conference did not operate under its current charter until 1959, but claims the history of the Pacific Coast Conference, founded in 1915, as its own. The Southwest Conference was founded in 1914, but ceased operation in 1996 once the Big 12 Conference began play, the Southern Conference is considered one of the stronger football conferences in the Football Championship Subdivision and is considered a mid-major conference in basketball. In 2015, Furman defeated UCF 16–15 and The Citadel topped South Carolina 23–22 for their win over the Gamecocks in the past three meetings. The SoCon also frequently sees multiple teams selected to participate in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, talks of a new conference for southern athletics had started as early as fall of 1920. The conference was formed on February 25,1921 in Atlanta as fourteen member institutions split from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, in 1922, six more universities – Florida, LSU, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tulane, and Vanderbilt joined the conference. The first year of competition for the conference was in 1922, the new rules banned freshman play. Later additions included Sewanee, Virginia Military Institute, and Duke, the SoCon is particularly notable for having spawned two other major conferences. In 1932, the 13 schools located south and west of the Appalachians all departed the SoCon to form the Southeastern Conference, in 1953, seven additional schools withdrew from the SoCon to form the Atlantic Coast Conference. The SoCon became the first league to hold a basketball tournament to decide a conference champion. Although first played in 1921, it did not become official until 1922, held at the Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta from February 24 – March 2,1922, the first meeting was won by North Carolina who defeated non-member Mercer in the Finals 40-25. The SoCon Basketball Tournament continues as the nations oldest conference tournament, the next-oldest tournament overall is the SEC Mens Basketball Tournament, founded in 1933, but that event was suspended after its 1952 edition and did not resume until 1979. The all-sports membership changed to 10 schools in 2014 following the departure of Appalachian State, Davidson, Elon, and Georgia Southern, plus the arrival of East Tennessee State, Mercer, the current football membership stands at nine. UNC Greensboro does not sponsor football, while ETSU, which relaunched its previously dormant football program in 2015, on January 9,2014, the SoCon and Atlantic Sun Conference announced a new alliance in lacrosse that took effect with the 2014–15 school year. Under its terms, sponsorship of mens lacrosse shifted from the ASUN to the SoCon, bellarmine, which had announced it would join the ASUN for mens lacrosse for the 2015 season, instead joined the SoCon. The most recent additions to the associate membership came with the start of the 2016–17 school year, Full members Full members Other Conference Other Conference Due to space limitations, one portion of Washington and Lees affiliation history is not indicated in the table

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Curley Byrd
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Harry Clifton Curley Byrd was an American university administrator, educator, athlete, coach, segregationist, and politician. Byrd began an association with the University of Maryland as an undergraduate in 1905. In the interim, he had served as the universitys athletic director. Byrd amassed a 119–82–15 record in football from 1911 to 1934, Byrd Stadium, the universitys current football field, and its predecessor were both named in his honor. Byrd resigned as university president in order to enter politics in 1954 and he ran an unsuccessful campaign as the Democratic candidate for Maryland Governor against Theodore McKeldin. Byrd later received appointments to state offices with responsibilities in the Potomac River, in the 1960s, he made unsuccessful bids for seats in each chamber of the United States Congress. Byrd was a proponent of a separate but equal status of racial segregation in his roles as both university administrator and political candidate, in 2015, the student government association agreed to a resolution in support of changing the name of Byrd Stadium because of Byrds segregationist history. On September 28,2015, University of Maryland President Wallace Loh appointed task force to develop viewpoints, the University President then made a recommendation to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents—the governing body of Maryland state universities— to change the name to Maryland Stadium. The ultimate decision on any name change rests with the Board of Regents, on December 11,2015, the Board of Regents voted 12-5 to remove the Byrd from the stadiums name, renaming it Maryland Stadium for the time being. Harry Clifton Byrd was born on February 12,1889, in Crisfield and he was one of six children of oysterman and county commissioner William Franklin Byrd and his wife Sallie May Byrd. In his youth, Byrd worked in the Chesapeake Bay fishing industry and he attended Crisfield High School, where he excelled on the baseball diamond, and was also known as his hometowns first recreational jogger. A later source described how he appeared in 1905, He was tall and he had a startlingly handsome face, with big, flashing eyes, a splotch of florid red on each cheek, and a mane of black curly hair. He looked like Rupert of Hentzau, and had all of that worthys cold, in 1905, Byrd graduated from Crisfield High School and enrolled at the Maryland Agricultural College, which is now known as the University of Maryland. Byrd was a college athlete and participated in varsity football, baseball. He served as the team captain in 1907, as the pitcher on the baseball team. Before leaving Crisfield, Byrds father warned him not to try to play that thing called football and he ignored the advice and reported for football practice where head coach Fred K. Nielsen told the undersized Byrd to play with the kids and that footballs a mans game. He was allowed, however, to fill in as an end on the team due to a shortage of players. After sitting out the first three games, Nielsen sent Byrd in as a substitute against Navy, and his play was enough to earn a position on the first team

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Old Byrd Stadium
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Old Byrd Stadium, also known as Byrd Stadium or Byrd Field and nicknamed the Byrd Cage, was the home stadium for the University of Maryland from 1923 until 1947. It was located in College Park, Maryland, east of Baltimore Avenue on the site of the schools present-day fraternity row, the seating capacity for the stadium was 5,000. In 1915, Harry Curley Byrd, head coach for what was then the Maryland Agricultural football team, at that time, the football team lacked any dedicated facilities and had one poorly suited athletic field on which to practice and play games. The new stadium was originally to be called the University of Maryland Athletic Field, the Board of Regents voted to name the stadium after Byrd, who was a former quarterback, the current coach, and future university president. The stadium was built by the H. D. Watts Construction Company, which was owned by Harry Watts, Construction was completed in 1923 at a cost of $60,000. The inaugural game was played against Randolph-Macon on September 29, which Maryland won, the stadium was officially dedicated on November 24, for the Homecoming game against Catholic. Maryland won that game as well, 40-6, in front of a crowd of 3,000, in 1944, Byrd Stadium hosted the first night game in College Park, which pitted the Terrapins against Hampden-Sydney College. During the 1948 season, the Terrapins played all of their games at Griffith Stadium in Washington. In 1950, the old stadium was replaced by the significantly larger Byrd Stadium, and the original stadium was razed in 1953

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1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team
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The 1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1928 Southern Conference football season. The team, which was a member of the Southern Conference, was coached by William Alexander in his year as head coach. Alexander compiled a record of 10–0 and outscored his opponents 213 to 40, Georgia Tech played its home games at Grant Field. Both USC and Georgia Tech claimed national championships for 1928, under the Dickinson System, USC was recognized as number 1, but the Rose Bowl was contested between the number 2 and 3 teams, California and Georgia Tech. The game was decided by a safety, which was scored after Cals Roy Wrong Way Riegels ran 65 yards in the wrong direction, several Georgia Tech players received postseason honors. Captain and center Peter Pund was a consensus All-American, Coach Knute Rockne said of Techs 13–0 defeat of Notre Dame, I sat at Grant Field and saw a magnificent Notre Dame team suddenly recoil before the furious pounding of one man–Peter Pund. Tackle Frank Speer was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Associated Press, after the defeat of the Georgia Bulldogs 1927 Dream and Wonder team, Georgia Tech returned all but one of its key players. Alabama coach Wallace Wade said Georgia Tech, Georgia, and Vanderbilt had the best chances of winning a southern title, Georgia Tech head coach William Alexander held daily scrimmages. The Golden Tornado was led by center and senior captain Peter Pund, who was never penalized, halfback Warner Mizell headed a powerful backfield that also included Stumpy Thomason and Father Lumpkin. Georgia Tech opened the season on October 6 with a 13–0 defeat of the VMI Keydets, Tech gained 307 yards and VMI159. The Georgia Tech line tore the V. M. I. line to shreds, Georgia Techs starting lineup was Holland, Thrash, Westbrook, Pund, Drennon, Speer, Waddey, Durant, Mizell, Thomason, and Randolph. In the second week of play, Georgia Tech scored twice on passes to beat the Tulane Green Wave 12–0. The first one came in the quarter, Warner Mizell threw a 25-yard pass to Tom Jones. The second came in the quarter on a pass from Dunlap to Stumpy Thomason. Georgia Tech started the half of the game with a fierce drive down to the 1-yard line when Randolph fumbled the ball away. Georgia Tech next defeated coach Knute Rocknes Notre Dame Fighting Irish 13–0, Father Lumpkin intercepted two Irish passes, setting up the winning score by running the second interception down to the 3-yard line. After the game, coach Rockne said, I sat at Grant Field, I counted 20 scoring plays that this man ruined. Rockne later also wrote of an attack on his coaching in the Atlanta Journal, I am surprised that a paper of such fine, the article by Fuzzy Woodruff was not called for

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1928 Tennessee Volunteers football team
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The 1928 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1928 Southern Conference football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference, the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his third year, the 1928 Vols won nine, lost zero and tied one game. The only blemish on their schedule was a tie with Kentucky. Tennessee outscored their opponents 249 to 51 and posted five shutouts, on November 17, Tennessee beat in-state rival Vanderbilt for the first time since 1916. Before 1928, Vanderbilt held an advantage over the Volunteers with a record of 18–2–3 in the first 23 meetings between the two school. Since 1928, Tennessee has dominated the rivalry

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1928 Florida Gators football team
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The 1928 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 1928 Southern Conference football season. The season was future Hall-of-Famer Charles W. Charlie Bachmans first of five as the head coach. The Gators led the nation in scoring with 336 points, and were remembered by many commentators as the best Florida football team until at least the 1960s. The large scores were due to its Phantom Four backfield which included, quarterback Clyde Crabtree, halfbacks Carl Brumbaugh and Royce Goodbread. Other backs who were key contributors included, captain Goof Bowyer, sophomore halfback Lee Roy Red Bethea, alternate-captain and halfback Tommy Owens, one account reads, There were twelve backs on the squad. Six of them can do the hundred in 10.1 seconds, eight of them are fine punters and ten of them are great passers. And all of them are good receivers, at ends were future coach Dutch Stanley, and Floridas first-ever, first-team All-American, Dale Van Sickel. Head coach Charlie Bachman succeeded Tom Sebring, his former player at Kansas State, Bachman had attended Notre Dame and used Knute Rocknes system. Sebring graduated from the University of Floridas College of Law, players not returning from the previous season included, Horse Bishop, Cecil Beck, Speedy Walker, Tom Fuller, Charlie Tucker, and Bill Middlekauff. Practice was opened on September 3, a wealth of talented players from Florida high schools was expected. After spending just two weeks with the team, while players were engaged in other sports, Bachman declared his backfield material as the finest he ever had. John J. Tigert became UF president in 1928, and began a drive to construct a new, primary source,2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide. In the first game of the 1928 season, the Gators posted a 26–0 victory over the Florida Southern Moccasins, the Gators were held scoreless in the first half of the game, and achieved only two first downs, but then scored 26 points in the third quarter. The starting lineup was, W. DeHoff, Norfleet, Grandoff, Clemons, Perry, Hicks, Green, Bowyer, Bethea, Owens, in the second week of play, the Gators easily defeated the Auburn Tigers 27–0. Carl Brumbaugh ran for three touchdowns in a quarter, including one scoring run of 85 yards. The other touchdown occurred near the start of the second quarter, Dutch Stanley kicked the extra point. In less than three quarters of play, Crabtree had directed 8 touchdowns, Crabtree was an ambidextrous triple threat, able to pass with either arm and punt with either foot, and both while on the run. Crabtree said he learned this technique from sheer fright, assistant Nash Higgins added he played by instinct

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VMI Keydets football
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The VMI Keydets football team represents the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. The Keydets compete in the Southern Conference of the NCAA Division I FCS, VMI plays their home contests at 10, 000-seat Alumni Memorial Field, as they have since 1962. Historically VMIs biggest rival was Virginia Tech, today, VMIs biggest rival is the The Citadel, as the two teams have battled 70 times, with The Citadel leading the series 38–30–2. The winner of each receives an award known as the Silver Shako. The last contest occurred on November 22,2014, in which The Citadel rushed for nearly 400 yards en route to a 45–25 victory, in addition to The Citadel, VMI has minor rivalries with William & Mary and Richmond. The Tribe and the Keydets first met in 1908, and William & Mary leads that series 52–33–2, VMIs competition with Richmond goes back farther, to just their third year of existence. Richmond has won 41 games to VMIs 40, and the teams have tied five times, also, the Keydets have played Virginia and Virginia Tech 82 and 79 times, respectively. VMI football dates back to 1873 with a season, featuring a 4–2 loss to Washington. No player or coaching records are known from that game, the Keydets would not have another intercollegiate team until 1891 under coach Walter Taylor III. Taylor was the son of Walter H. Taylor, a Civil War lieutenant colonel, the Keydets went 3–0–1 in 1891, with a win and tie against Washington and Lee and defeats of St. Johns and Pantops Academy. VMI had two undefeated seasons in 1892 and 1894, and a total record of 32–10–2 during the 19th century. Although they were undefeated in 1899 by a virtue of a lone win over Washington & Lee. VMI continued to have success on the field during the early 1900s, ropers brief two-year tenure was highlighted by wins over NC State and Davidson. After several seasons of mediocrity, VMI returned to their ways in 1911 under Alpha Brummage. After Brummage left VMI for Kentucky, where he would become the football and basketball coach. VMI joined the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1918, many of the members of which formed the bulk of the Southern Conference after the disbandment in 1921. In 1920, Blandy Clarkson led VMI to its third of only four seasons with a 9–0 record. With the finished construction of Alumni Field in 1921, VMI football no longer needed to play on the Parade Ground situated in front of the barracks, the stadium was placed around the same place it is today, and was completed at a total cost of $69,000

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NC State Wolfpack football
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The NC State Wolfpack football team represents North Carolina State University in the sport of American football. The Wolfpack competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, prior to joining the ACC in 1953, the Wolfpack were a member of the Southern Conference. As a member of the ACC, the Wolfpack has won seven championships and participated in 30 bowl games. NC State is currently coached by Dave Doeren, since 1966, the Wolfpack has played its home games at Carter-Finley Stadium. On September 16,2010, NC State restored the tradition of having a mascot on the field as a wolf-like Tamaskan Dog named Tuffy was on the sidelines for the Cincinnati game in Raleigh. Since then, Tuffy has not missed a Wolfpack football game in Carter-Finley Stadium, NC State played its first football game against a team from the Raleigh Male Academy on March 12,1892 in what is now Pullen Park. The teams first head coach was Perrin Busbee, who led the team during that game, the Aggies, whose colors were blue and pink, won 12-6 in front of more than 200 spectators. The following year, the school played its first intercollegiate game, the programs long-standing rivalry with nearby University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill began on October 12,1894 with a 44-0 UNC victory in Chapel Hill. Eight days later, the team lost again to UNC, 16-0 in Raleigh, in 1895, under third-year coach Bart Gatling, the team finished 2–2–1 and wore red and white uniforms for the first time. Over the next five seasons the program continued to try to establish itself, the football team has also only had scholarship football players since 1933, prior to that all Wolfpack athletics consisted entirely of non-scholarship student athletes. In 1906, in a game against Randolph-Macon in Raleigh, the Farmers attempted their first forward pass, the following season was the programs most successful yet. Under coach Mickey Whitehurst, A&M won the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship with a 6–0–1 record and that season, the program also recorded its first ever victory over Virginia. The Farmers played their games that season on campus at the New Athletic Park. In addition to Pullen Park, the fairgrounds had hosted some games prior to the opening of the new stadium. The team won a second South Atlantic championship in 1910 under coach Edward Green, a win over Virginia Tech in Norfolk that season was dubbed the biggest game ever played in the South. Coach Green led team to a conference championship in 1913. The teams roster was depleted, its reduced to four games. A week after practice resumed, State College, as the school was called, led by coach Tal Stafford, was defeated 128-0 by Georgia Tech in Atlanta

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University of Maryland, College Park
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Founded in 1856, the university is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland. It is a member of the Association of American Universities and competes in athletics as a member of the Big Ten Conference, the University of Marylands proximity to the nations capital has resulted in research partnerships with the Federal government. The operating budget of the University of Maryland during the 2009 fiscal year was projected to be approximately $1.531 billion, for the same fiscal year, the University of Maryland received a total of $518 million in research funding, surpassing its 2008 mark by $118 million. As of December 12,2012, the universitys Great Expectations campaign had exceeded $1 billion in private donations, on March 6,1856, the forerunner of todays University of Maryland was chartered as the Maryland Agricultural College. Two years later, Charles Benedict Calvert, a future U. S. Congressman, Calvert founded the school later that year. On October 5,1859, the first 34 students entered the Maryland Agricultural College, the school became a land grant college in February 1864. During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers under Brigadier General Bradley Tyler Johnson moved past the college on July 12,1864 as part of Jubal Earlys raid on Washington, D. C. By the end of the war, financial problems forced the administrators to sell off 200 acres of land, for the next two years the campus was used as a boys preparatory school. Following the Civil War, in February 1866 the Maryland legislature assumed half ownership of the school, the college thus became in part a state institution. By October 1867, the school reopened with 11 students, in the next six years, enrollment grew and the schools debt was paid off. In 1873, Samuel Jones, a former Confederate Major General, twenty years later, the federally funded Agricultural Experiment Station was established there. Morrill Hall was built the following year, on November 29,1912, a fire destroyed the barracks where the students were housed, all the schools records, and most of the academic buildings, leaving only Morrill Hall untouched. There were no injuries or fatalities, and all but two returned to the university and insisted on classes continuing. Students were housed by families in neighboring towns until housing could be rebuilt, a large brick and concrete compass inlaid in the ground designates the former center of campus as it existed in 1912. The state took control of the school in 1916, and the institution was renamed Maryland State College and that year, the first female students enrolled at the school. On April 9,1920, the became part of the existing University of Maryland, replacing St. Johns College. In the same year, the school on the College Park campus awarded its first PhD degrees. In 1925 the university was accredited by the Association of American Universities, by the time the first black students enrolled at the university in 1951, enrollment had grown to nearly 10,000 students—4,000 of whom were women

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Maryland Terrapins football
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The Maryland Terrapins football team represents the University of Maryland, College Park in the sport of American football. The Terrapins compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Terrapins joined the Big Ten Conference on July 1,2014, following 62 years in the Atlantic Coast Conference as a founding member. The Terrapins are currently coached by D. J. Durkin. C, Maryland shares storied rivalries with Virginia and West Virginia. Maryland possesses the third-most ACC championships with nine, which places them behind Clemson, many former Terrapins players and coaches have gone on to careers in professional football including 16 first-round NFL Draft picks. In 1892, the then known as the Maryland Agricultural College fielded its first officially sanctioned college football team. They went scoreless in all three of that games, but the following year, posted a perfect record of 6–0. For the first two decades of the program, the team competed against local universities and high schools due to the prohibitive nature of long-distance travel at the time. Curley Byrd became head coach and held position for more than two decades until he was named the university president. In 1921, Maryland joined the Southern Conference where it remained for thirty years, Bryant resigned after one season when a player he had suspended was reinstated by President Byrd. Jim Tatum was hired in 1947, after a stint at Oklahoma where he had led the Sooners to a conference championship in his only season there. He was Marylands sixth head coach in eight years, but Tatum stayed for nine seasons, during his tenure, he led Maryland to two national championships, three conference championships, three perfect seasons, six top-20 final rankings, and five bowl game appearances. Seven of his players were named first-team All-Americans, including five consensus All-Americans, under Tatum, Maryland finished every season with a winning record. After the 1947 season, the Terrapins participated in their first bowl game, NCAA season-scoring leader Lu Gambino recorded all three Maryland touchdowns. In 1949, Maryland again played in the Gator Bowl, where they defeated 20th-ranked Missouri, the Terrapins finished the season ranked 14th by the Associated Press. Marylands current home field, Maryland Stadium, was constructed in 1950, Maryland started the 1950 season ranked 15th and defeated Navy, 35–21, in the Byrd Stadium dedication game. The Terrapins won the 1951 Southern Conference co-championship alongside the Virginia Military Institute and their perfect season culminated with an upset over first-ranked Tennessee in the 1952 Sugar Bowl. At the time, however, the wire services released their final rankings before the bowl games, several selectors, including analyst Jeff Sagarin, have retroactively credited Maryland with the national championship. In 1953, Maryland and six other schools split from the Southern Conference to form the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Terrapins were defeated by fourth-ranked Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl

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Griffith Stadium
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Griffith Stadium was a sports stadium that stood in Washington, D. C. from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street, and between W Street and Florida Avenue NW. An earlier wooden baseball park had built on the same site in 1891. It was called Boundary Field, or National Park as its occupants were then primarily by the nickname Nationals. The stadium was home to the American League Senators from 1911 through 1960, the venue hosted the All-Star Game in 1937 and 1956, as well as World Series games in 1924,1925, and 1933. It served as home for the Negro league Homestead Grays during the 1940s and it was also home to the Washington Redskins of the National Football League for 24 seasons, from the time they transferred from Boston in 1937 through the 1960 season. The ballpark was demolished in 1965 and the Howard University Hospital now occupies the site, on March 17,1911, Boundary Field, also known as National Park and American League Park, was destroyed by a fire started by a plumbers blowtorch. This left the owners of the Washington Senators in a situation, due to the fact that spring training had already begun. Noyes, president of the Senators, gained approval from the board of directors to build a new ballpark with a steel grandstand on the same site as Boundary Field. Opening Day 1911, the grandstand was sufficiently stable to host President William Howard Taft, construction of Griffith Stadium continued while the Senators were on the road, and was not completed until July 24,1911. The stadium was out at an angle within its block in the Washington street grid. Thus it was over 400 feet down the field line to the bleachers. The elevation of the grass playing field was approximately 100 feet above sea level. The Senators groundskeepers maintained a downhill slope from home plate to first base, however, Griffiths groundskeepers were still adept at keeping a fine sod field that was compared to that of the best golf courses. This was in sharp contrast to the field that can be seen in photographs of Griffith prior to 1923. For many years, the right field grandstand wall served as the foul line for the last 15 feet before the foul pole. The 41-foot tall, hand-operated scoreboard in right-center was in play, as was the National Bohemian beer sign, at one point in his youth, future MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn was the operator of the scoreboard. The outfield seats in left and center field butted up against 5th Street, the football field ran along the third base line. Clark Griffith took advantage of this trend by making improvements in the stadium in 1920 and 1921

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List of Maryland Terrapins bowl games
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Since the establishment of the team in 1892, Maryland has appeared in 25 bowl games. Included in these games are three appearances in the Orange Bowl, one in the Sugar Bowl and one Bowl Championship Series game appearance in the 2002 Orange Bowl, the latest bowl occurred on December 30,2014, when Stanford defeated Maryland 45-21 in the 2014 Foster Farms Bowl. The defeat in that game brought the Terrapins overall bowl record to eleven wins, twelve losses,2011 NCAA Division I Football Records

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Crab Bowl Classic
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The two institutions, located in close proximity in the state of Maryland, first met for a football game in 1905. Since then, the series has often been marked by controversy, the winner of the game is awarded the Crab Bowl Trophy. Navy dominated the series early by winning the first eight games, Maryland secured its first win in 1931 at a neutral site in Washington, D. C. After two more meetings, the series was suspended in 1934 when the Maryland administration protested a play, the teams met again in 1950 when Navy had a last-minute opening in its schedule. The Terrapins won three games from 1950 to 1952, and the Midshipmen won three from 1958 to 1963. During the 1964 game, a Maryland player twice flashed an obscene gesture, after contractual obligations were fulfilled with the following years game, the series was put on hiatus for 40 years. Maryland and Navy finally resumed the rivalry in 2005 and again in 2010, the Naval Academy and the University of Maryland are separated by about 30 miles in the state of Maryland. The schools by their nature, a Federal service academy and a university, differ radically in terms of culture. For many years, the University of Maryland possessed the reputation of a blue-collar, some students viewed the Naval Academy, with its strictly regimented culture, as elitist. A former Terrapins linebacker, Jerry Fishman, believed that many Midshipmen thought they were far superior to the Maryland redneck coal miners, a former Navy fullback, Pat Donnelly, said that compared to a public institution, was night and day. I think there was a feeling of dislike, but it wasn’t personal. According to former Maryland head coach Ralph Friedgen, the sentiment at Navy has been that beating their archrival Army is a must, but Maryland is a necessity. Darryl Hill, who attended schools and broke the color barrier on each team, said that the Midshipmen had a saying that beating Army is great. Despite a lopsided start in the early 20th century, the Terps, between 1931 and 1965, Navy won six and Maryland five games. In the 2005 season opener, Navy was coming off one of its best seasons in history with a 10–2 record the previous year, Maryland struggled later in 2005, but proved a competitive match for Navy and achieved a last-minute win, 23–20. In addition to proximity and competitiveness, the rivalry was fueled by controversial incidents both on and off the field, Maryland supporters long held that Navy players used unnecessary roughness during play, a charge counter-accused by the Academy after the 1963 game. Some Midshipmen would travel to College Park to meet female students, pranks and vandalism were commonplace on both campuses and exacerbated the already tense situation between Maryland and Navy. On October 25,1905, the then known as the Maryland Agricultural Farmers traveled to Annapolis to meet the Navy Admirals for the first time

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Testudo (mascot)
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Founded in 1856, the university is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland. It is a member of the Association of American Universities and competes in athletics as a member of the Big Ten Conference, the University of Marylands proximity to the nations capital has resulted in research partnerships with the Federal government. The operating budget of the University of Maryland during the 2009 fiscal year was projected to be approximately $1.531 billion, for the same fiscal year, the University of Maryland received a total of $518 million in research funding, surpassing its 2008 mark by $118 million. As of December 12,2012, the universitys Great Expectations campaign had exceeded $1 billion in private donations, on March 6,1856, the forerunner of todays University of Maryland was chartered as the Maryland Agricultural College. Two years later, Charles Benedict Calvert, a future U. S. Congressman, Calvert founded the school later that year. On October 5,1859, the first 34 students entered the Maryland Agricultural College, the school became a land grant college in February 1864. During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers under Brigadier General Bradley Tyler Johnson moved past the college on July 12,1864 as part of Jubal Earlys raid on Washington, D. C. By the end of the war, financial problems forced the administrators to sell off 200 acres of land, for the next two years the campus was used as a boys preparatory school. Following the Civil War, in February 1866 the Maryland legislature assumed half ownership of the school, the college thus became in part a state institution. By October 1867, the school reopened with 11 students, in the next six years, enrollment grew and the schools debt was paid off. In 1873, Samuel Jones, a former Confederate Major General, twenty years later, the federally funded Agricultural Experiment Station was established there. Morrill Hall was built the following year, on November 29,1912, a fire destroyed the barracks where the students were housed, all the schools records, and most of the academic buildings, leaving only Morrill Hall untouched. There were no injuries or fatalities, and all but two returned to the university and insisted on classes continuing. Students were housed by families in neighboring towns until housing could be rebuilt, a large brick and concrete compass inlaid in the ground designates the former center of campus as it existed in 1912. The state took control of the school in 1916, and the institution was renamed Maryland State College and that year, the first female students enrolled at the school. On April 9,1920, the became part of the existing University of Maryland, replacing St. Johns College. In the same year, the school on the College Park campus awarded its first PhD degrees. In 1925 the university was accredited by the Association of American Universities, by the time the first black students enrolled at the university in 1951, enrollment had grown to nearly 10,000 students—4,000 of whom were women

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Mighty Sound of Maryland
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The Mighty Sound of Maryland is the official marching band of the University of Maryland. It was founded in 1908 at what was known as the Maryland Agricultural College. The band performs pregame and halftime shows at all Maryland Terrapins football home games, for 50 years prior to 1909, the military-style college heard music by the Cadet Corps Drum and Buglers. Then, in 1909, the Maryland Agricultural College prevailed upon Mr. Levi G. Smith, the result was a 19-piece band, which set up in the barracks behind present day South Campus Dining Hall. It played exclusively for ROTC functions for its first year, but later branched out to other school, by 1927, three student bands were organized, and the bands were first recognized as an official student organization. Otto Siebeneichen, retired director of the U. S. Army Band, was appointed the first full-time director admitted to the faculty of the University of Maryland, in 1924, the old football stadium was built. It occupied the location where Fraternity Row now stands, the stadium was razed in 1953 so that construction of Frat Row could begin. Women were allowed in the bands for the first time in 1937. Mr. Frank V. Sykora, a graduate of the Imperial Russian Conservatory, during his tenure, the size of the bands grew to over 100 members and began extensive traveling. The Music Department at Maryland was established in 1954, led by Homer Ulrich, the university hired Ulrich as the first full-time band director to be member of the music faculty. Hubert Henderson, hired in 1955, established the band in the Music Department and integrated it as an ensemble in the music performance and he was assisted by associate directors Norman Heim, Henry Romersa and Acton Ostling, Jr. Queen Elizabeth visited the campus while touring the U. S. A. in 1957 and her visit was so important that the band was given $10,000 to purchase new uniforms to be used at the football game that she attended. Henderson left in 1965 and Ostling became the director of bands, John Wakefield was hired to work with Ostling as associate director. When Ostling left in 1968, Wakefield became the director of bands, with the help of associate directors Fred Heath, Jerry Gardner, Dieter Zimmer and L. Richmond Sparks, Wakefield has led the bands to the superior ensembles they are today. In August 2000, the bands moved from their old home of Tawes Fine Arts Building into the new state of the art Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. In September 2001, the new room was dedicated to Mr. John E. Wakefield, Director of Bands, in appreciation of all his hard work. In November of that year the Mighty Sound of Maryland marched in the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, during Early Week of 2006, band director L. Richmond Sparks introduced the idea of a volunteer trip to New Orleans to the band. The idea was met with enthusiasm and excitement, and on September 9,2006 the band played a New Orleans Tribute halftime show

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List of Maryland Terrapins quarterbacks
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This is a list of the individuals who have played college football as a quarterback at the University of Maryland. The Maryland Terrapins have produced several prominent quarterbacks, starting with three consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference championships from 1983 to 1985, the program was sometimes referred to as Quarterback U. Since then, Maryland quarterbacks Boomer Esiason, Frank Reich, Stan Gelbaugh, Neil ODonnell, Scott Zolak, individuals who started at least one game in a season are denoted with their name in boldface text. Players are listed in order of game experience

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List of Maryland Terrapins football honorees
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Over the course of the teams history, the Terrapins performance has run the gamut from national championships to winless seasons. During periods of both ascendancy and mediocrity, individual Maryland players of exceptional ability have received various accolades, in total, Terrapins have been named to an All-America team 55 times, an All-Atlantic Coast Conference team 188 times, and an All-Southern Conference team 14 times. Of the All-America selections, twenty-one players received first-team honors a total of twenty-six times, eleven players were named consensus first-team All-Americans a total of twelve times, and five players were named first-team All-Americans by unanimous consensus. The College Football Hall of Fame has inducted six former Maryland players, four former Maryland head coaches have also been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame has inducted sixty-two former football lettermen, each year, numerous publications and organizations release lists of All-America teams, hypothetical rosters of players considered the best in the nation at their respective positions. Some selecting organizations choose more than one roster of All-Americans, in case they use the terms first team, second team. Some selectors also award honorable mentions to outstanding players who did not make any of their teams, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, a college sports governing body, uses officially recognized All-America selectors to determine the consensus selections. These are based on a point system in which a player is awarded three points for every selector that names him to the first team, two points for the team, and one point for the third team. The individual who receives the most points at his position is called a consensus All-American, in 1923, end Bill Supplee was selected to the Associated Press second team, which made him the first Maryland player to be named an All-American. Guard Bob Ward became the first Terrapin named to a first team when he received that honor from AP, the following year, Ward became Marylands first consensus All-American when he was unanimously chosen by every NCAA-recognized selector. Five other Terrapins have earned consensus All-America honors, Jack Scarbath in 1952, Stan Jones in 1953, Bob Pellegrini in 1955, Randy White in 1974, and linebacker E. J. Henderson in 2001. Henderson was also named a consensus All-American in 2002, which made him the first, just as the media recognizes the nations best players with All-America lists, individual athletic conferences honor their best players with all-conference selections. In 1921, Maryland joined the Southern Conference, thirteen years later, Norwood Sothoron became the first Terrapin named to an All-Southern Conference team. Maryland was a member of the league from 1921 to 1952, after the 1952 season, Maryland and six other schools left the Southern Conference to form the Atlantic Coast Conference. The following year, the conference honored its inaugural seasons best players with an All-ACC team, in that initial class, five Terrapins were selected to the first team and two to the second team. Since 1953, Maryland players have received first-team All-ACC honors a total of 132 times, Terrapins have been named to All-ACC second or third teams an additional 61 times, although those teams have not been published continuously and there currently is no third team. When the NCAA abolished the system in 1965, the ACC began naming separate all-conference offensive and defensive teams. In 1974, Maryland won its first ACC championship since 1955, Maryland secured the title again in 1975 and 1976, and surpassed the previous mark when seven Terrapins were named first-team All-ACC for each of those seasons

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1892 Maryland Aggies football team
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The 1892 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College in the 1892 college football season. It was the first football team to represent the school. Maryland played three games, all of which it lost, and failed to any points. Halfback Pearse Shorty Prough gained the only positive yardage for the team against Episcopal High School and he netted 35 yards from scrimmage after first running 30 yards in the wrong direction. It remained the only winless Maryland team until matched by the 1967 squad coached by Bob Ward, teams composed mostly of MAC students were fielded in 1890 and 1891, but the 1892 squad was the first officially sponsored by the college. Dick Pue was elected captain as the member to return from the unofficial 1891 varsity. The Aggies opened the season against St. Johns College, which had fielded a team since 1885, the game was held on October 15 in Annapolis and attended by a large crowd. Many of the spectators had traveled to attend the Navy–Princeton game on the same day. Maryland was overmatched in all aspects and was routed by St. Johns, on November 5, the Aggies traveled by the B&O Railroad to face Johns Hopkins at Clifton Park in Baltimore. The heavier Hopkins team scored a touchdown in the games first 40 seconds on its way to a 62–0 victory, the Baltimore American judged Prough, Rollins, Strickler, and Worthington as Marylands best players of the game. Maryland closed the season against Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, Episcopal controlled the game and won, 16–0. According to later accounts from eyewitnesses described in King of American Football in 1952, episcopals school newspaper, the Monthly Chronicle wrote, Runs by Prof. Mead and Conrad were followed by Whaley dropping the ball, Prough picks it up and, forgetting himself, starts off for the wrong goal. He regains his self-possession, however, in time to turn and, by a pretty piece of running, the Chronicle added that Maryland showed an unaccreditable ignorance of football. The members of the 1892 team were, J. G. Bannon, end and he was the son of Maryland State Senator Michael Bannon. George H. Calvert, Jr. end/center, born October 2,1874, in Prince Georges County, Maryland, he graduated with a B. A. through the Classical Course in 1892. Calvert received from Columbian University a LL. B. in 1896 and a LL. M. in 1897, in January 1906, he became the director and secretary of the National Hotel Company in Washington, D. C. and was elected as its president. Barnes Compton, end, son of a wealthy Maryland plantation owner, he graduated in 1895 with a B. S. in the Scientific Course, Clifton E. Fuller, halfback/quarterback, a native of Cumberland, Maryland, he graduated in 1896

Maryland Aggies football
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The modern Maryland Terrapins football program representing the University of Maryland traces its lineage to the team first formed at what was then the Maryland Agricultural College in 1892. In the initial years, due to the state of intercollegiate athletics and interstate travel, all games were played against local colleges, high schools. In 1902,

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The first official Maryland Agricultural College football team in 1892

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William W. Skinner, Maryland's first quarterback and head coach, played an integral role in the formation of the MIFA.

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D. John Markey was Maryland's first paid football coach and also played on the team.

Southern Conference
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The Southern Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision, member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The Sout

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Southern Conference (SoCon)

Curley Byrd
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Harry Clifton Curley Byrd was an American university administrator, educator, athlete, coach, segregationist, and politician. Byrd began an association with the University of Maryland as an undergraduate in 1905. In the interim, he had served as the universitys athletic director. Byrd amassed a 119–82–15 record in football from 1911 to 1934, Byrd S

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Byrd as President of the University of Maryland

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Byrd as a senior at Maryland in 1908

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The University of Maryland campus as it appeared in 1938 before the dramatic expansion engineered by President Byrd

Old Byrd Stadium
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Old Byrd Stadium, also known as Byrd Stadium or Byrd Field and nicknamed the Byrd Cage, was the home stadium for the University of Maryland from 1923 until 1947. It was located in College Park, Maryland, east of Baltimore Avenue on the site of the schools present-day fraternity row, the seating capacity for the stadium was 5,000. In 1915, Harry Cur

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Old Byrd Stadium

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1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team
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The 1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1928 Southern Conference football season. The team, which was a member of the Southern Conference, was coached by William Alexander in his year as head coach. Alexander compiled a record of 10–0 and outscored his opponents 213 to 40, Georgi

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1928 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

1928 Tennessee Volunteers football team
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The 1928 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1928 Southern Conference football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference, the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his third year, the 1928 Vols won nine, lost zero and tied one game. The only blemish on their schedule was a tie with

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1928 Tennessee Volunteers football

1928 Florida Gators football team
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The 1928 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 1928 Southern Conference football season. The season was future Hall-of-Famer Charles W. Charlie Bachmans first of five as the head coach. The Gators led the nation in scoring with 336 points, and were remembered by many commenta

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Clyde Crabtree.

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1928 Florida Gators football

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Tennessee quarterback Bobby Dodd depicted on a football card from the 1950s.

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The first official Maryland Agricultural College football team in 1892

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William W. Skinner, Maryland's first quarterback and head coach, played an integral role in the formation of the MIFA.

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D. John Markey was Maryland's first paid football coach and also played on the team.

VMI Keydets football
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The VMI Keydets football team represents the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. The Keydets compete in the Southern Conference of the NCAA Division I FCS, VMI plays their home contests at 10, 000-seat Alumni Memorial Field, as they have since 1962. Historically VMIs biggest rival was Virginia Tech, today, VMIs biggest rival is the

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The first VMI football team in 1891

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Old VMI stadium

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William Raftery

NC State Wolfpack football
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The NC State Wolfpack football team represents North Carolina State University in the sport of American football. The Wolfpack competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, prior to joining the ACC in 1953, the Wolfpack were a member of the Southern Conference. As a member of the ACC, the

University of Maryland, College Park
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Founded in 1856, the university is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland. It is a member of the Association of American Universities and competes in athletics as a member of the Big Ten Conference, the University of Marylands proximity to the nations capital has resulted in research partnerships with the Federal government.

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Charles Calvert, founder

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Seal of the University of Maryland

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Morrill Hall, built in 1898, is the oldest academic building on campus.

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The campus during the 1912 fire.

Maryland Terrapins football
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The Maryland Terrapins football team represents the University of Maryland, College Park in the sport of American football. The Terrapins compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Terrapins joined the Big Ten Conference on July 1,2014, following 62 years in the Atlantic Coast Conference as a found

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A game between Maryland and intrastate rival Johns Hopkins in 1919.

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Maryland in action against Navy in 1952.

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Coach Lester

Griffith Stadium
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Griffith Stadium was a sports stadium that stood in Washington, D. C. from 1911 to 1965, between Georgia Avenue and 5th Street, and between W Street and Florida Avenue NW. An earlier wooden baseball park had built on the same site in 1891. It was called Boundary Field, or National Park as its occupants were then primarily by the nickname Nationals.

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Right field seats, and row houses with wildcat bleachers, before the high fence was installed

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The new left field grandstand, with a visibly higher roof than the original one.

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Concrete bleachers in background as Ty Cobb slides into third base in 1924

List of Maryland Terrapins bowl games
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Since the establishment of the team in 1892, Maryland has appeared in 25 bowl games. Included in these games are three appearances in the Orange Bowl, one in the Sugar Bowl and one Bowl Championship Series game appearance in the 2002 Orange Bowl, the latest bowl occurred on December 30,2014, when Stanford defeated Maryland 45-21 in the 2014 Foster

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On defense during the 2007 Emerald Bowl

Crab Bowl Classic
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The two institutions, located in close proximity in the state of Maryland, first met for a football game in 1905. Since then, the series has often been marked by controversy, the winner of the game is awarded the Crab Bowl Trophy. Navy dominated the series early by winning the first eight games, Maryland secured its first win in 1931 at a neutral s

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The 1963 game program.

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A forward pass during the 1931 game.

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A Terrapin tackles a Midshipman in the 1952 game.

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Founded in 1856, the university is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland. It is a member of the Association of American Universities and competes in athletics as a member of the Big Ten Conference, the University of Marylands proximity to the nations capital has resulted in research partnerships with the Federal government.

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Charles Calvert, founder

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Seal of the University of Maryland

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Morrill Hall, built in 1898, is the oldest academic building on campus.

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The campus during the 1912 fire.

Mighty Sound of Maryland
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The Mighty Sound of Maryland is the official marching band of the University of Maryland. It was founded in 1908 at what was known as the Maryland Agricultural College. The band performs pregame and halftime shows at all Maryland Terrapins football home games, for 50 years prior to 1909, the military-style college heard music by the Cadet Corps Dru

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Academics

List of Maryland Terrapins quarterbacks
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This is a list of the individuals who have played college football as a quarterback at the University of Maryland. The Maryland Terrapins have produced several prominent quarterbacks, starting with three consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference championships from 1983 to 1985, the program was sometimes referred to as Quarterback U. Since then, Marylan

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Chris Turner, 2007–2009

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Shaun Hill, 2000–2001

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Scott Zolak, 1989–1990

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Boomer Esiason, 1981–1983

List of Maryland Terrapins football honorees
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Over the course of the teams history, the Terrapins performance has run the gamut from national championships to winless seasons. During periods of both ascendancy and mediocrity, individual Maryland players of exceptional ability have received various accolades, in total, Terrapins have been named to an All-America team 55 times, an All-Atlantic C

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Since the Maryland Terrapins football team was founded in 1892, scores of its players have been named All-Americans, received national awards, and been inducted into various halls of fame.

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Shawne Merriman was a 2004 first-team All-ACC defensive end.

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Quarterback Shaun Hill led the record-setting 2001 team.

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Bill Guckeyson was the second Maryland player named to the All-Southern Conference team. He received the honor back-to-back in 1935 and 1936.

1892 Maryland Aggies football team
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The 1892 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College in the 1892 college football season. It was the first football team to represent the school. Maryland played three games, all of which it lost, and failed to any points. Halfback Pearse Shorty Prough gained the only positive yardage for the team against Episcopal H